Bibliograph

Boy, Roald Dahl ; retold by Elizabeth Dowsett ; illustrated by Quentin Blake

Type

Label

Boy, Roald Dahl ; retold by Elizabeth Dowsett ; illustrated by Quentin Blake

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

For ages 12+ years

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Boy

Responsibility statement

Roald Dahl ; retold by Elizabeth Dowsett ; illustrated by Quentin Blake

Series statement

Penguin readers. Level 2

Summary

Filled with exciting, strange, funny, and sometimes frightening tales, Boy is the enthralling story of Roald Dahl's childhood and early life. Penguin Readers is a series of the best new fiction, essential non-fiction and popular classics written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills. Boy, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages

Target audience

juvenile

Classification